God’s Word Translation
Zechariah 9:6
6A mixed race will live in Ashdod, and I will cut off the Philistines’ arrogance.
Zechariah 9:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- New International Version (NIV)A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod, and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.
- English Standard Version (ESV)a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
Context of Zechariah 9:6
4The Lord will take away its possessions. He will throw its wealth into the sea and burn the city down. 5Ashkelon will see ⌞this⌟ and be afraid. Gaza will also be in great pain, also Ekron, because its hope will fade. Gaza will lose its king. Ashkelon will no longer be lived in. A mixed race will live in Ashdod, and I will cut off the Philistines’ arrogance. 7I will remove the blood from their mouths and the disgusting things from between their teeth. Then only a few of them will be left for our God like a tribe in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite. 8I will camp in front of my house as a guard against those who come and go. No oppressors will pass through them, because I have seen it with my own eyes.
Read all of Zechariah 9Zechariah 9:6 word by word
וְיָשַׁ֥ב מַמְזֵ֖ר בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י גְּא֥וֹן פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zechariah 9:6
- Ecclesiastes 2:18I came to hate everything for which I had worked so hard under the sun, because I will have to leave it to the person who replaces me.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2God gives one person riches, wealth, and honor so that he doesn’t lack anything he wants. Yet, God doesn’t give him the power to enjoy any of them. Instead, a stranger enjoys them. This is pointless and is a painful tragedy.
- Amos 1:8I will cut off those living in Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn my power against Ekron. The rest of the Philistines will die. The Almighty Lord has said this.
- Isaiah 2:12The Lord of Armies will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited and all who are proud of themselves (they will be humbled),
- Isaiah 23:9The Lord of Armies planned this in order to dishonor all arrogant people and to humiliate all the honored people of the world.
- Isaiah 28:1How horrible it will be for the arrogant drunks of Ephraim. Their glorious beauty is ⌞like⌟ a withered flower. They are at the entrance to a fertile valley where they lie drunk from wine.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, will praise, honor, and give glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is true, his ways are right, and he can humiliate those who act arrogantly.
- Zephaniah 2:10This is what they will get for their sinful pride, because they insulted the people who belong to the Lord of Armies and made themselves greater than them.
- 1 Peter 5:5Young people, in a similar way, place yourselves under the authority of spiritual leaders. Furthermore, all of you must serve each other with humility, because God opposes the arrogant but favors the humble.
Commentaries on Zechariah 9:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6A bastard shall dwell in Ashdod - This character would suit Alexander very well, who most certainly was a bastard; for his mother Olympia said that Jupiter Ammon entered her apartment in the shape of a dragon, and begat Alexander! Could her husband Philip believe this? The word signifies a stranger.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And a bastard shall dwell at Ashdod - oThe “mamzer” was one born unlawfully, whether out of marriage, or in forbidden marriage, or in adultery. Here it is, probably, like our “spurious brood”; whether it was so itself or in the eyes of the Ashdodites; whence he adds. I will cut off the pride of the Philistines - Pride would survive the ruin of their country, the capture of their cities, the less of independence. It would not survive the loss of their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6mixed race: This Hebrew word appears elsewhere only in Deuteronomy 23:2, where it refers to children born outside of marriage. Zechariah uses it to indicate that the Philistines will eventually lose their political and social identity.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. bastard--not the rightful heir; vile and low men, such as are bastards (De 23:2) [Grotius]. An alien; so the Septuagint; implying the desolation of the region wherein men shall not settle, but sojourn in only as aliens passing through [Calvin].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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